The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
BRIC.A.BRAC.

An angel had bcckonGd the dying man d.
Down by the stream SO shady.
Aud this was the word the Comrade heard:
1.-The other crossing, lady"
A soar spot-thc eagles nest
A popular winter resort--hot toddy.
a stock brokers' ticket is sometimes
fortune tcllcr-but usually it isn't
Very few persons can hold their own on
their first sea voyage.
1t is the first business Of a Prohibitionist
to prohibit common sense.
An oculist is the man who can make
people "opcn their eyes
TO make a long story short--scud it to a
newspaper editor.
One talent well used gives its possessor
greater satisfaction than five talents buried
beneath the rust Of idlcncss and sloth.
A beauty is apt to find no fault with her
eyes, checks, or lips, but she upbraids her
hair.
By taking voyage on vessel all pas.
scngGrs are turned into wood; for in order
to go they must be all aboard.
A clear conscience can rest easy on a bed
OF granite, while an evil one would be un-
easy on one Of swansdown.
There arc some men who are so opposed
to anarchy that they will not even wear
rcd ilapncl
Blessed are the piece makers" said the
small boy when he dropped a costly porce-
lain ornament.
The carpenter is an unreasonable fellow.
lie objects to plain board, and yet he don't
like board until it is planed
We always admire what we cannot un.
dcrstaud. Maybe that is why so many
women get married.
An angler giving an account of trip to
Capada speaks of "a fight with salmon. !"
VIC prefer peas with salmon.
a lady man at the State election sent
over to South Boston foundry to see if
they could not cast his vote for him
On seeing house being whitewashed. n
small boy of three wanted to know if it
was going to be shaved
Macon PrOhibitionist-Th Atlanta cleo
ton was Waterloo. Macon Anti-No,
it was whisllyloo.
With much pain the public learns that
the Darnum holocaust did not burn single
pink lemonade vender.
Monkcytown is the name Of a new post
Office of GaZoo county, Mississippi. Doubt
less the postmaster could unfold a tale.
Notice to foreign assnssins-If you don't
hcnnVc yourself when you come from
Europe you will speedily go to your rope.
The Old lady who mcndcd her husbands
irOusClS with Il patch of grass is now
Smouthing her hair with the comb of a
rooster.
Philosophy does not require of us restric
honS that would be unpleasant, but only to
De moderate; and moderation is consistent
with OrOpricty.
1851 will 80 ont on Saturday. the last
0iN OF the year, month and week and 1888
"i!i "", in on Sunday the first day of the
Ir.:T, month aud week
"Ihcy tell me you are an artist" "Only
Il painter. "Ah, indeed. May [ ask what
IS you: Speci,tiity?' "Certainly, / paint
the town red.
"Nc don't care FOR the rain" said one
Baltimore girl to another as she raised an
Vm0rCiia; 'Wc're neither sugar nor salt"
NO, replied the other, but wc'er lasses. /"
tr0csus never was called upon to act for
y "@'!So1 as financial manager OF a national
opera company. That is why he is known
20 history rs man Of some means.
" mere IS you homc?" asked man of a
DIST 'nS"iAt@'looking stranger. Il haven't
any nome at present. was the reply. My
"lic mother IS making her visit.
wa iii'S NId\iuS5 u ISllul OF CD0ngo
from contribution bOX)-Thank &c, deacon.
r ID known yer paid folks fer comm
Id 4 Ben here afOrc.
From the strange thrill that p0es throurh
Jones arm when he puts it round his dar.
ing waist, he imagincs she must wear an
"UiCctrc con set "
IL Is singular that, notwithstanding the
great variety in the bill of fare at the cluh
dinners. there are some men that always
want little game after the dinner is over.
"Inpd why do they always call u train
she: 'Bccausc il takes three or four
mcn to manage, her, my son." replied Mr.
DawdIe, giaring toward his wife
You find yourself refreshed by the pres
cncc OF pleasant people. Why not make
earnest effort to confer that pleasure on
others?
Over %lO0 600 worth of valuable papcrs
ana money were recovered yesterday
from The iron vaults in the ruins of the
IncipS, Dodge ~ Palmer shoe factory in
chicago, Which was recently burned.
Your bill has been running a long time"
ihSlnuh'lngIy remarked the butcher to Slo.
pay the other morning. "That's bad" re-
marked H5opay, sympathetically. why
don't you let it walk?"
If You be nettled with severe raillcry
N''. |''iS hSNf', " SltJW llldI you are StllOO
unless you choose to provoke more. The
way to avoid being made butt is not to
sci up for an archer.
The man whose stcp.ladder COLLAPSED
whcn he was hanging his fathers portrait,
bringing The picture down on the ton of
ms lead, says tits a striking likeness of the
old mar.
cit takes longer for a man to find ont
man than any other creature that is made" "
says philosopher Not so, my half baked
friend. 1t takes longer for a man to find
out woman.
''llow is it you have so many young men
call on you!' asked jealous girl. BE.
cause, was tie reply, father has the gout
IN one foot and the rhucmatism in the other:
besides we don't keep dog"
How can | leave thcc?" he warb,cd
under his best girls window. Come,
yonng man." spoke up the policeman on
that beat, who had been attracted by the
noise, "thc NIcGinty family's gone out of
town for two weeks"
Mary-lt seems cruel to kill so MANY
animals for their fur -thtItysix poor
put to death to make muff for
us! Emiy-Yes, it is cruel. Why didn't
The monster take their skins off w:tilou: k1ll.
ing them?
y bride may be robcd in yellow, and
stand with her BRIDEGROOM i'm q Lr,,Uar of